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- noun   Plural form of 
regret . - verb   Third-person singular simple present indicative form of 
regret . 
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- noun a polite refusal of an invitation
 
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Examples
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And yet I have no regrets about what happened - because I learned so much about what I wanted, how to go about getting it, and how NEVER to treat someone so yeah, no regrets
ugotsoul Diary Entry ugotsoul 2002
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Dare we assume that John McCain regrets foisting this wretched woman on the nation?
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One of my regrets is that he left me a message a few weeks before he died and I guess at the time I thought I was too busy to return the call.
Jason Pinter: Authors Mick Foley And Jason Pinter Talk Politics, Philanthropy And Barbed Wire Jason Pinter 2010
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One of my regrets is that he left me a message a few weeks before he died and I guess at the time I thought I was too busy to return the call.
Jason Pinter: Authors Mick Foley And Jason Pinter Talk Politics, Philanthropy And Barbed Wire Jason Pinter 2010
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One of my regrets is that he left me a message a few weeks before he died and I guess at the time I thought I was too busy to return the call.
Jason Pinter: Authors Mick Foley And Jason Pinter Talk Politics, Philanthropy And Barbed Wire Jason Pinter 2010
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The whole 'try, try again to make it right' approach to past regrets is a thought provoking one, and ripe to be explored by a person in VR.
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One of my biggest regrets is that I could not meet him before he passed away, but I remember him and his love for me every time I sing.
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Short-term regrets tended to be about things people did -- say, accidentally hitting "reply all" on an email, or forgetting to call Mom on Mother's Day.
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Over an almost 35 year Supreme Court career, now retired Justice John Paul Stevens said recently that the lone vote he regrets is one that he cast to restore the death penalty in 1976.
John Paul Stevens's One Regret: Upholding The Death Penalty The Huffington Post News Team 2010
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One of my regrets is that he left me a message a few weeks before he died and I guess at the time I thought I was too busy to return the call.
Jason Pinter: Authors Mick Foley And Jason Pinter Talk Politics, Philanthropy And Barbed Wire Jason Pinter 2010
 
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